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Reduced Future Summer Water Availability in the Tien Shan Due To Glacier Wastage
Abstract Glaciers in the Tien Shan mountains of Central Asia are a crucial source of freshwater for agriculture and local communities, sustaining over 100 million people in the region. Here, we project future water availability for this region by dynamically modeling the evolution of all glaciers and merging their runoff with hydrological runoff ...
Lander Van Tricht +9 more
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Mushrooms and the wine of Maron [PDF]
Although the excavators of the sanctuary of the Great Gods on the island of Samothrace recognize that drinking to the point of intoxication was practiced at the Mystery, naively this has not been seen as an element in the initiation scenario.
Ruck, Carl A.
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The Hour that Never Comes and the Time that Remains
Abstract This essay proposes a symbolic and clinical investigation of psychic temporality through two archetypal experiences of time: the hour that never comes and the time that remains. Drawing on analytical psychology, trauma theory and aesthetic philosophy, text explores how certain forms of suffering resist chronological resolution and persist as ...
Daniel Françoli Yago
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With a little help… OH•••F intramolecular hydrogen bonding (HB) strongly reduces alcohol HB acidity, resulting in underestimation of predicted HB acidity based on the molecular Kenny electrostatic potential. In contrast, CF2H–OH intramolecular interaction causes a positive cooperative effect leading to HB acidity enhancement, as revealed by ...
Zhong Wang +8 more
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Stasis-theory in Homeric commentary [PDF]
(i) Analysis of the small number of references to the rhetorical theory of stasis (issue-theory) in the Homeric scholia shows that they assume a modified version of the theory of Athenaeus, a contemporary and rival of Hermagoras of Temnos.
Heath, M.
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Throughout the history of automated personal identification, now called “biometrics” in some communities, there has been controversy over its implications for personal privacy and human dignity. This controversy has been deepened by equivocation regarding the philosophical concept of personal identity, the social concept of recognition of persons, and ...
Emilio Mordini +2 more
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Lying and fiction both involve the deliberate production of statements that fail to obey Grice’s first Maxim of Quality (“do not say what you believe to be false”). The question thus arises if we can provide a uniform analysis for fiction and lies.
Maier, Emar
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What Was Homer Honing in the Odyssey?
Abstract We summarize the data provided in Homer's the Odyssey concerning Odysseus' journey and suggest a completely new view of what was Homer trying to convey to us. We suggest that Homer was honing the idea of synergy between rules (determinism) and chance (randomness), an idea deeply rooted in natural processes as well in mathematics.
Anastasios A. Tsonis +2 more
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Women and Intertextuality: On the Example of Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad [PDF]
The aim of the study is to consider feminist retellings of myths and legends. As an example, Margaret Atwood’s book The Penelopiad is analyzed. The interpretation is situated in a broader context of intertextual practices characteristic of the feminist
Lisowska, Katarzyna
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The article aims at evaluating the effect of climate change on extinction risk in freshwater fish species. ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the major drivers of the current extinction crisis. In this context, determining the probability of species extinction is crucial.
Jessica Côte +4 more
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